Paper-serving device.



PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.'

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Q HIIIHIHHIIHIII No. 783,281. 7 I PATENTED FEB. 21, 1905.

R. T. JONES.

PAPER SERVING DEVICE.

APPLIOATIOI; FILED SEPT.19, 1904.

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PATENT RICHARD T. JONES, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

PAPER-SERVING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,281, dated February 21, 1905.

Application filed September 19, 1904:. Serial No. 225,093.

To (LN whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD T. J ONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper- Serving Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in paper-serving devices employed for holding rolls of wrapping-paper and cutting off the paper from the roll in the required length for wrapping purposes; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

One object of my invention is to combine with a paper-roll support a movable cutter element to bear on the paper-roll and aguide for the cutter to cause the latterto move laterally toward the axis of the paper-roll as the paper-roll diminishes in diameter.

A further object of the invention is to combine with a paper-roll support a cutter element and a paper-lifting guide which is shiftable to either end of the cutter element.

A further object of the invention is to effect improvements in the construction of the frame which carries the cutter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a paper-serving device embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig-3 is a detail sectional view taken'on the plane indicated by the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. i isa similar view taken on the plane indicated by the line Z) 7) of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view illustrating a modification in the construction of the standards, and Fig. 6 is a similar view illustrating a modification in the construction of the frame which carries the cutter.

In the embodiment of my invention here shown the standards-1 have their upper ends secured to a connecting cross-bar 2 and have their lower ends provided with sides 3, adapt-.

ed to rest on and to be secured to a counter or other suitable support. The standards are provided on their inner opposing sides with bearings 4: for the reception of the spindles .is open at its upper end, as at 10. observed that the lower ends of the guide- 5 at the ends of an arbor 6, which carries the paper-roll 7. The upper sides of the said bearings are open to enable the arbor to be readily disengaged therefrom. Guides 8, having inclined guide-slots 9, are above the bearings for the arbor, and one of the guide-slots It will be slots extend in rear of the axis of the arbor and that the upper ends thereof are in front of the axis of the arbor.

The cutter 11 is carried by a frame 12. Said frame is provided with lugs 13 at its inner corners, which engage the guide-slots and adapt the crossbar 14, which forms the inner side of the frame, to bear on the paperroll. A lateral forwardly-extending opening at the upper end of one of the guide-slots enables the frame 12 to be readily mounted in the guide and to be readily disengaged therefrom, as will be understood.

. In-the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the guides 8 are formed separately from the standards and have lateral arms 15 at their upper ends, which bear under and are secured to the cross-bar 2. In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 5 the guides are formed integrally with the standards. not desire to limit myself in these particulars.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the frame which carries the cutter is made of several parts secured together by bolts, as at 16, and the cutter. which is a bar having a beveled edge 17, is secured under the front ends of the side arms of the frame by means of rivets. In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 6 the frame and cutter are formed integrally and as a single casting. I do not desire to limit myself in these particulars.

The bar which forms the inner side of the frame that carries the cutter has its ends gained or recessed on their under sides, as at 18, so that only the intermediate portion 19 of the said bar bears on the upper side of the paper-roll. This leaves the paper free at its edges corresponding with the ends of the roll, where the paper-usually buckles, and facilitates the unrolling of the paper. The lifting-guide 19, which supports one edge of the free end of the paper-roll and allows the other side thereof to drop and enable it to be readily grasped, is shiftable to either end of the cutter and, as here shown, is U-shaped and comprises an upper arm 20 and a lower arm 20. The upper arm lies on and is pivoted t0 the center of the cutter, as at 21. The lower arm. which lies under the cutter, serves to support the outer end of the paper at one side thereof, as shown in Fig. 1. The said paper-lifting guide is made of resilient metal and at the ends of the cutter are stoplugs 22, which engage the free ends of the said shiftable paper-lifting guide-arm and secure the same at either end of the cutter. The pivot 21 is a thumb-screw, which enables the said shiftable paper-lifting guide-arm to be clamped to the cutter as closely as may be required.

By reason of the inclined disposition of the guide-slots engaged by the guide-lugs with which the cutter-frame is provided the cutter as it descends and the paper-roll diminishes in size moves laterally toward the axis of the paper-roll, so that the outer edge at all times preserves the same relation to the proximate side of the roll and remains at the same distance therefrom.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a paper-serving device. the combination of a paper-roll support, a cutter element, and a paper-lifting guide carried by and shiftable to either end of the cutter.

2. In a paper-serving device, the combination of a paper-roll support, acutterelement, and a paper-lifting guide pivotally connected to and shiftable to either end of the cutter.

3. In a paper-serving device, the combination of a paper-roll support, a cutter element,

and a paper-lifting guide having an upper arm to bear on the upper side of the cutter and pivotally connected thereto, and having a lower arm to engage and support the free end of the paperroll.

4c. In a paper-serving device, the combination of a paper-roll support, a cutter element and a paper-lifting guide having an upper arm bearing on and pivotally connected to the cutter, and a lower arm to support the free end of the paper-roll, said paper-lifting guide being made of resilient material, and said cutter having stop-lugs at its ends to secure the paper-lifting guide when the same is shifted to either end of the cutter.

5. In a paper-serving device, the combination of a paper-roll support, a cutter element, a movable supporting-frame forthe cutter element having a bar provided with gains at its end on its under side, that portion of the bar between the said gains bearing on the paperroll, and the gains of the bar clearing the ends of the paper-roll, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD T. Jones.

W'itnesses:

E. A. WENZEL, IRVING BULL. 

